Identify the main characteristic of naturalism that Gilman employs in “The Yellow Wallpaper” and demonstrate
how it functions to help Gilman realize her stated purpose for the story in “Why I Wrote ‘The Yellow Wallpaper'”
In other words, what element of the story allows us to classify it as a naturalistic text, and how does that
element help convey the story’s main critique of the social forces that control women (and their expression).